Blade for spades or shovels.



H. DAHLMANN. BLADE FOR SPADES ORSHOVELS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

in-U! 002 HERMANN DAHLMANN, OF GEVELSBERG, GERMANY.

BLADE FOR SPADES 0R SHOVELS.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IERMANN DAHL- MANN, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, and resident of Gevelsberg, Germany, have invented a new anduseful Improve ment in Blades for Spades or Shovels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a spadeor shovelblade of sheet-iron or steel.

By the peculiar shaping on cutting out the blank for the blade andsocket I make possible the production of two fastening strips at theedge of the socket such as are used in forged blades.

In accordance with my invention the blank is cut out in such a shapethat, after the socket-portion of the blade has been bent to a sleeve,the seam lies laterally to the handle. Thereby the arrangement of afastoning strip each at the front and the back of the handle is madepossible.

My invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawing in which Figure1 shows the cut out blank in front elevation, Fig. 2 a side-elevation oftheblade in the finished state, and Fig. 3 this blade in front.

Vith reference to the drawing a is the blade-portion of the spade orshovel pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 7, 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

Serial No. 494,527.

vided at its upper edge with the socket-forming portion. This lattercomprises a neckportion 1) which has in the middle of its upper freeedge a fastening strip d of a suitable shape. This strip projectslongitudinally in the direction of the middle-axis of the spade-blade.To one of the remaining edges of the neck-portion there is arrangedlaterally a projection c which bears at its upper edge a secondfastening strip (Z, this latter runs parallelly to the first mentionedstrip cl. The socket-forming portion above described is bent to asleeve, and the strip (Z is thereby placed to the front and the strip clto the back of the socket. I

Having now described the nature of my invention what I claim and desireto pro tect by Letters Patent is A shovel blade having a laterallyclosed handle socket formed integral therewith and fastening stripsextending from the upper edge of said socket.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

HERMANN DAI-ILMANN.

Vitnesses OTTO KoNIe, CH. J. VVRIGI-rr.

